Los Angeles weather and using no gas to heat home (Orange: house, water heater)

[dgermaine]

How feasible is it with la weather to stop service with nicor, remove all gas lines in house and only use electricity to cook and heat the house?

I know in beach communities like Malibu and Santa Monica it can get very cold in the winter months, but how about a house deep in the valley (Calabasas or Woodland Hills)?

Is it a sustainable solution? How cold does it usually get? I plan to use space heaters, electric stoves, countertop oven, etc.

[MordinSolus]

Unless you plan on also installing solar panels and a comprehensive battery system for said panels you would just be using more coal energy to meet your energy needs, which is worse than natural gas. And space heaters are dangerous power hogs. It would likely cost you more and be worse for the environment.

[StreetLegal]

Originally Posted by dgermaine

I know in beach communities like Malibu and Santa Monica it can get very cold in the winter months, but how about a house deep in the valley (Calabasas or Woodland Hills)?
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Average winter time highs in the upper 60's. Average winter time lows in the low 40's with plenty of nights when the lows hit the high 30's.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by dgermaine

How feasible is it with la weather to stop service with nicor, remove all gas lines in house and only use electricity to cook and heat the house?

I know in beach communities like Malibu and Santa Monica it can get very cold in the winter months, but how about a house deep in the valley (Calabasas or Woodland Hills)?

Is it a sustainable solution? How cold does it usually get? I plan to use space heaters, electric stoves, countertop oven, etc.

You've got it backwards. The closer to the water, the warmer the winter nights.

There is virtually no frost at the beach (some places have gone 50 years with no frost) meanwhile in inland they are scraping windshields in the morning. A great guide is the Sunset Western Garden Guide, they have all the microclimates mapped out. Choose Zone 24 if you like a climate where you'll never need AC and may be able to get by within minimal to no heat in winter.

[BRinSM]

gas is much cheaper than electricity, why would you want to go all electric? i have an electric clothes dryer and have been told many times by different people that I should switch to gas and i'll save a bunch of money.

[Cardiff Kook]

I live a mile from the ocean in SD and ran my heater once (for about an hour on NYE) this past winter.

The closer you are to the ocean, the warmer it stays at night. It gets colder at night the more inland you go (and hotter during the day)

[genjy]

Maybe OP really wants to do some kind of off-the-grid shack or garage conversion...

It doesn't make sense to cut gas because it's cheaper than electricity, as mentioned.

[saibot]

We don't heat our house at all (15 miles from the coast in Orange County), but our water heater and dryer are gas. You could easily use electricity for all of the above, but as everyone else has said, gas is much cheaper.